Seleucus

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Seleucus was the name of several Macedonian kings of the Seleucid dynasty ruling in the area of Syria:

• Seleucus I Nicator (Satrap 311–305 BC, King 305 BC–281 BC)
• Seleucus II Callinicus (246–225 BC)
• Seleucus III Ceraunus (or Soter) (225–223 BC)
• Seleucus IV Philopator (187–175 BC)
• Seleucus V Philometor (126/125 BC)
• Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator (96–95 BC)
• Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes or Philometor (70s BC–60s BC?)

Astronomer

• Seleucus of Seleucia

Grammarians

• Seleucus, of Alexandria. He was nicknamed 'Homeric'. He was a sophist in Rome. He wrote exegetical works on pretty well every poet; On Differences between Synonyms; On Things Believed Falsely; On Proverbs of the Alexandrians; On Gods (100 books); and assorted other works.
• Seleucus, of Emesa.. Aspalieutica in epic verse (4 books); commentary on the lyric poets; Parthica (2 books). (I have also found another Seleucus inserted; but he did not have any books.)
• Seleucus of Tarsus

Poet

• Seleuecus (son of Mnesiptolemus)

Etymology

A dialectic variant of the name Zaleucus ,very white

References

• Ancient Library Seleucus
• RE Seleukos (43); PLRE I Seleucus (3). FGrH 780. The identification with the correspondent of Libanius (RE Seleukos (33); PLRE I Seleucus (1); O. Seeck Die Briefe des Libanios (Leipzig 1906) 272-3) is questionable.

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